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Jeffrey Stuart Skoll, OC (born January 16, 1965) [1] is a Canadian engineer, billionaire internet entrepreneur and film producer. He was the first president of eBay, eventually using the wealth this gave him to become a philanthropist, particularly through the Skoll Foundation, and his media company Participant Media.
After pioneering the creation of the eBay Foundation, Jeff founded the Skoll Foundation in 1999. Over the last 20 years, Jeff Skoll has created an innovative portfolio of philanthropic and commercial enterprises, each of which is a distinctive lever for achieving transformational social change.
Apr 16, 2024 · By Matt Donnelly. Participant, the 20-year-old film and television production company whose mission was to inspire social justice and humanitarian action, is shutting down. Founder Jeff Skoll...
Apr 19, 2024 · Jeff Skoll. Oscars 2019. Participant Media. Jeff Skoll closed Participant Media after trying to sell the company behind movies like Green Book, Roma and An Inconvenient Truth for over a...
1 day ago · Jeff Skoll built his fortune as eBay's first full-time hire and president in 1995; he left eBay in 2001, three years after its IPO. His Skoll Foundation quadrupled its grants to $200 million in ...
Apr 19, 2024 · When Variety broke the news Tuesday that billionaire Jeff Skoll’s 20-year-old company will shut down — after fetching 21 Oscars and introducing a business model that prioritized social impact...
Apr 16, 2024 · On Tuesday, the company’s founder and financial lifeline, the eBay billionaire Jeff Skoll, pulled the plug — a decision based, at least in part, on the atrophying entertainment business.
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